But watch the first quarter again and see how horrible their pass protection was. Kudos to their interim coach for seeing the problems and making the correct adjustments. Took balls to completely stop passing when you had a highly regarded QB. Especially for a substitute coach.
Which goes to my other point…..we don’t have the depth that the top five do. Look at their recruiting. Regularly have twice as many 4/5 stars than we do. When a guy goes down they plug in another stud.
Found another Franklin apologist! Man they come out of the woodwork. Same tired excuses, top 10 defense, NFL picks, O'Brien left the cupboard bare, blah, blah, blah The brutal facts are we have been manhandled at the LOS by Michigan the last two years (ran it down our throats) and we obviously can't get these O-Linemen that are drafted to perform at an elite level for PSU. I guess that is O'Brien's fault as well. Overall the lines are not dominant nor physical enough. You can cry and whine all you want but that is my take and I ain't changing it.
Dude, get over yourself. Nothing but bullsh&t gaslighting. OB's O line recruiting was absolute crap due to sanctions. Michigan blatantly cheated. Lmao
The brutal facts are, you're completely fos. OB left virtually nothing in the cupboard. That is reality. Meanwhile, you do nothing but gaslight with obnoxious bullsh&t and lies. Get lost. Only gutless wonders like you post nonsense like this sh&t.
Why don't you tell the board why you really hate Franklin. Did he hurt you somehow? Did Franklin ruin your life? Maybe, maybe, you need a puppy to get over your bullsh&t.
And yes, I personally know what Franklin has done, gone through, and saw his attackers like you, that have no fking clue.
Name one single year, just one, PSU had the talent of Ohio State under Franklin. You can't. Get lost with your bullsh&t. If you had a fking brain, you'd appreciate, we still have a team. Penn State won't sign another 4 or 5 star player in the next ten years. That was said by the owner of Rivals you moron.
Wow, I feel bad you have such pent up anger. Praying you lighten up. Go Penn State!!
This is why I'm mind boggled when posters equate overall talent as some linear metric to winning all the time. So, PSU should NEVER beat Bama, Ohio St, and a few others on any given day b/c some rating system has them ranked lower in talent. What a lame, soft fan thinking. CFB has 'upsets' all the time, as you alluded. I mean every freaking Saturday. The pardon that is given on here b/c some people think sports are linear and quantifiable like that is insane. Yet, when we have lost to teams with lesser talent in the past, it's because BOB left the cupboard bare, lol...like we are in the Twilight Zone.
Despite OSU having a talent advantage ever since Mayer became their coach, there is no excuse that PSU only has beaten them one time since the 2012 season. The frustrating thing is that until Michigan began to assert their dominance over them, nobody had played OSU consistently as well as PSU has in that time period other than when they would play in the playoffs or championship game. Just think how the narrative would've changed if PSU had won a few of the winnable games against them in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023.
There is no excuse for losing 9 out of 10 to OSU. That is the simple answer. Our talent level has been excellent and certainly good enough to win more. Just look at the games 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 were all winnable. Did I expect to win them all? No but my God not get totally shut out.
We lost one with four of the most horrendous referee calls in sports history, lost one in double overtime, lost one by one point….with three blatant holds on one call.
That game was the worst because it felt like it was there for the taking and we just refused to take advantage. Finally, OSU said well if you don't want it then we will put you out of your misery and hit Harrison Jr for a TD. Franklin seemed lost in that game along with Yurcich. Coached scared with no ability to make adjustments.
This is why we haven't held up against tOSU, nor has anyone except the last two years. Furthermore, Michigan cheated to do so. Fan base reality is delusional if folks believe we have been very close to tOSU. It's a tiring argument. Franklin should have done better. No excuse for losing this many. It's not excuses, it's reality.
No doubt you're one of those fans that will bring up coming up short in bowl games against Kentucky and Arkansas and then says the bowl wins in MAJOR NY6 bowl games the Rose, the Cotton and the Fiesta don't mean anything.
Few coaches ever equaled Joe in his prime. That's a pretty safe bet. Or do you have a lot of unrealistic expectations in life?
Has it been good enough for u so far? If this trend continues and we lose all of our big games and miss the playoffs, but James compiles enough wins staying in the sport for so many years and makes the college Hall of Fame, what difference does it make? Coaches at a program of our size should be judged on playing for championships. Forget going 15-0, lets make a playoff. Just because other people's expectations are much higher than yours doesn't mean that they are wrong either.
I suppose I do have unrealistic expectations. For example, I used to think that all PSU fans and alums are of sound mind. I then read your response to my post and your response scattered my expectations. 🤪
I learned a long time ago that too few PSU fans and alums are of sound mind and your earlier post reaffirmed that.
Being happy for what he has done but expecting more are not contradictory thoughts. One can do both.
